Reports Report 1087ao (Event 1087-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jenifer G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I want to know what it was. I thought someone set off a firework explosion of some sort except it started IN the sky towards earth. And no one was outside. It looked like a shooting star at first, then like a fireball (or like it caught on fire) with a trail of just light, not fire, then an explosion or like combustion really, then like it burned out (like paper burning into ash). Difficult to explain. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | McMinnville, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 42' 5.34'' N (35.701484°) |
| Longitude | 85° 46' 22.07'' W (-85.772797°) |
| Elevation | 296.672455m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-02-21 20:42 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-02-22 02:42 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 207° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 198.49° |
| First azimuth | 230.24° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 205.7° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | It looked like a fireball with a shooting star trail. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It literally looked like a fireball, explosion,then embers to nothing. My first time seeing this. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |